Brent crude oil futures fell 28 cents, or 0.3%, to $84.97 a barrel by 0310 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures dropped 31 cents, or 0.4%, to $80.59 per barrel. Both benchmarks had settled slightly higher on Wednesday. “An expected increase in US inventories of crude oil and gasoline are weighing on the market […]
Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40), were kidnapped by the Hamas from the Nova music festival on October 7, the military said in a statement, adding the four were in good medical condition. The hostages were rescued from two separate locations in the heart of Nuseirat in […]
I am going to ask the other 26 partners to declare the backing of the International Court of Justice and its decision, and also, if Israel continues to pursue against that opinion of the Court, we will try to take the right measures to enforce that decision,” he told reporters in Brussels during a joint […]
The understanding came at delegation-level talks between the two countries in Islamabad today. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar represented the Pakistani delegation while the Turkish side was led by its Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. According to the statement issued by MoFA, the two sides reviewed progress on bilateral cooperation and exchanged […]
The comments from Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who said he would not agree to set up a military government in the enclave, reflect growing unease in the security establishment at the lack of direction from Netanyahu over who will be left to run Gaza when the fighting stops. They also brought out the sharp split […]
Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Jerusalem for two-and-a-half hours, after which Israel repeated that the Rafah operation would go ahead despite the US position and a UN warning that it would lead to “tragedy”. “We cannot, will not support a major military operation in Rafah absent an effective plan to make […]
On Thursday, the United States used its veto power in the United Nations Security Council to block the formal recognition of a Palestinian state and prevent the Palestinians from gaining full membership in the organization. This move stopped a draft resolution that aimed to admit the “State of Palestine” to the U.N. The resolution had […]
The president, talking to Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Reza Amiri Moghadam, who called on him, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, said that both countries had great scope for expanding bilateral economic cooperation in diverse fields. Talking to the ambassador, the president expressed his commitment further to strengthen bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries. He called for […]
Leading ministers in the cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the idea of Palestinian statehood on Thursday, in response to a Washington Post article claiming that the US, Israel’s principal partner, was pushing forward with plans to create a state for the Palestinian people. “We will in no way agree to this plan, which […]
The ambitious remarks came as the conflict between Israel and Hamas shows no signs of abating. Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister stated on Tuesday that the country may recognize Israel if a comprehensive peace were reached that included statehood for the Palestinians. Prince Faisal bin Farhan stated in front of a panel at the World Economic […]
